Actually, the exact opposite is correct.

Via The Hill:

So she lied. She portrayed herself as being something she’s not, in order to serve a political cause. Is that really so terrible?

There are gays who hide their sexual orientation in order to get ahead in the Republican Party.

There are nonbelievers who get married in church just to please their parents.

It’s even been rumored that some people doctor their own photos on dating sites.

Where’s all the outrage about that?

We ought to start by remembering that race is a social and political concept, not a biological one. There is far more genetic variation within racial groups than between them. So breaking down the myths around what constitutes “blackness” or “whiteness” is actually a good thing.

Some African-Americans have charged that Dolezal’s misrepresentation disrespects their culture and trivializes their experience. During her formative years, Dolezal probably did not feel the pain — and, all too often, violence — of prejudice, bigotry, profiling, marginalization and exclusion that African-Americans and others with dark skin face every day. But as a white woman deeply connected to the African-American community, who grew up in a multiracial household, attended a historically black university, married a black man and gave birth to a son who is regarded as black, she no doubt has been on the receiving end of her share of animosity and hate. And if she hadn’t been before, she certainly is now.